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BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman connected Thursday (January 1, 2026) thanked Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, authorities functionaries, dignitaries from South Asian countries and communal radical for attending his parent and erstwhile Bangladesh premier curate Khaleda Zia's funeral.
Mr. Rahman besides expressed his “profound gratitude” to the civilian and subject institutions, instrumentality enforcers, nationalist servants and media professionals for their “professionalism, attraction and dedication” successful ensuring a peaceful and dignified last farewell to Zia.
Hundreds of thousands of radical connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) bid an affectional farewell to 80-year-old Zia, the chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who was laid to remainder with authorities honour beside her hubby Ziaur Rahman's sedate adjacent the parliament gathering amid choky security.
Mr. Rahman, who returned to Bangladesh connected December 25 aft 17 years of self-exile successful London, successful a connection posted connected his societal media account, besides promised to honour with humility and committedness his mother's bequest of devoting “her beingness to serving others, time aft day, with relentless dedication.”
Stating that his bosom is “full of sorrow and gratitude,” arsenic helium laid his mother, his “first teacher successful life,” Zia to her last remainder beside his father, Mr. Rahman said, “The value of her lack is immeasurable, but your presence, the Bangladeshi people's, has made this profound infinitesimal consciousness little alone.”
He extended “heartfelt gratitude” to the elder dignitaries of countries from the South Asian region, who attended the ceremonial personally, and to those countries, diplomats and partners who shared their condolences with the household and the party.
“Your gestures of condolence person touched our hearts profoundly,” Mr. Rahman said.
Thanking the officers and unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, helium said their “thoughtful efforts” helped guarantee that elder dignitaries from overseas were capable to personally convey the condolences of their respective countries.
“Their beingness reflected the heavy respect my parent was held successful beyond our borders,” helium added.
The agelong database of radical and institutions that Mr. Rahman thanked comprised the officers and unit of the Bangladesh Army, Navy, and Air Force; the men and women serving crossed the country's information and law-enforcement services; individuals from the quality community, and the galore nationalist servants and unit moving wrong the National Security Adviser’s bureau and respective ministries.
“Your thoughtful coordination and dependable beingness helped guarantee that everything was handled with care,” Rahman added.
He besides thanked the home and planetary media for sum of the ceremonial lawsuit “amid a immense assemblage dispersed crossed respective quadrate kilometres.”
Mr. Rahman said helium is “deeply moved” by the outpouring of emotion from friends, neighbours, well-wishers, and families who came successful their millions to honour Zia's beingness and bequest and said that seeing the gathering reminded him that Zia was “not lone a parent to me, but successful galore ways a parent of this nation.”
“Today, astatine a clip of top sorrow, I consciousness similar this full federation is my family,” helium said.
“My parent devoted her beingness to serving others, time aft day, with relentless dedication. I consciousness the value of that legacy, and I committedness to honour it with humility and commitment.
“Where her travel paused, I volition strive to proceed her enactment to the radical whose religion and emotion sustained her until her past breath,” Mr. Rahman added.
